Tuvok: "You forget the other witness who was here on the night of the murder, doctor. Would you mind asking her to come in." The doctor goes to the door and opens it. Neeka comes in, and keeps jumping up on her hind legs to greet the doctor. Tuvok: "It appears that you are no stranger to Neeka, doctor."

Lidell gets up and tries to run for the door, but she is stopped by one of the Banean guards in attendance.

She turns to Paris. "He lied to me, Tom. No one was supposed to get hurt. You know I could never do anything to hurt you." Paris: "Yeah, you could." The Banean guards take the doctor and Lidell out.

Paris, now cleared of the crime, looks at Tuvok.

Janeway is pleased.

	USS Voyager is in deep space, having left the Banean homeworld, and is back on course for the Alpha Quadrant again.
	Paris enters the Messhall.
	He walks over to Tuvok. Paris: "Tuvok." Tuvok: "Mr Paris."
	Paris sits down. "There are some who'd say you risked my future on the eye-witness identification of a dog." Tuvok: "It seemed a necessary step to ensure a truthful resolution." Paris: "Well, I appreciate you sticking up for me. I owe you one." Tuvok: "I conducted a criminal investigation. If you had been guilty, I assure you I would have pursued the truth just as vigilantly. You have no debt to me, Mr Paris."

Paris: "How come I always see you down here eating alone, Lieutenant?" Tuvok: "I prefer to read rather than to engage in, what do humans call it, short-talk." Paris: "Close enough. You don't make many friends that way." Tuvok: "Perhaps."

Paris gets up to leave. "Well, like it or not, you've made one today, Mr Tuvok."

Tuvok watches him go, then resumes his reading.

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